Emile Kellogg Boisot

Emile Kellogg Boisot
Portrait of Emile K. Boisot, ca. 1920
Born	February 26, 1859 Dubuque, Iowa
Died	1 February 1941(1941-02-01) (aged 81)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Banker

Emile Kellogg Boisot (February 26, 1859 – February 1, 1941) was President of the First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, Illinois.[1] He was vice president of the Chicago First National Bank and director of a number of corporations.[2][3]

Early life

Emile Kellogg Boisot was born in Dubuque, Iowa on February 26, 1859. He was the son of Louis Daniel Boisot and Albertina Bush.[3] He was educated in the public and high schools of Dubuque, Iowa.[4]

Career

In 1878, Boisot moved to Chicago, Illinois where he entered the bond department of First National Bank.[5] The First National Bank of Chicago became the First Chicago Bank, which merged into Bank One Corporation and later the Chase Bank.[4]

On January 1, 1897, Boisot was promoted manager of the Foreign Exchange and Bond Department at First National Bank.[6] In 1903, he was appointed vice president and manager of First Trust and Savings Bank when that bank was organized by First National for the purpose of checking and savings accounts.[5] He became the bank president in 1916.[5][7] He was director of three other Chicago banks, and was a trustee of Rollins College.[6] He was a member of the Chicago Stock Exchange and the Republican Party.[6] He retired from the presidency of First Trust and Savings Bank in 1919.[5]

Private life

On November 4, 1891, Boisot married Lilly R. Moseman (1860-1939) in Chicago, Illinois.[8] She had been married before to a George Moseman. The Boisots had three children.[3]

While still employed in Chicago, Boisot owned a winter home in Pasadena, California, and retired there full time for 20 years, prior to his death.[9]

On February 1, 1941, Boisot died at his home in Pasadena, California, after a short illness.[9] He was 81 years old.[2]

References

1. Morris, Henry C. (1902). The history of the First national bank of Chicago, preceded by some account of early banking in the United States, especially in the West and at Chicago. Chicago, R. R. Donnelley & sons company. p. 174.
2. "EMILE KELLOGG BOISOT; Retired President of a Chicago Bank Dies in Pasadena at 81". The New York Times. 1941-02-04. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
3. MacGrath, Hyland (1902). Encyclopaedia of Biography of Illinois, Volume 3. Century publishing and engraving Company. p. 112.
4. The Book of Chicagoans. A. N. Marquis & Company, Chicago, 1905. 1905. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
5. "In Memoriam". Trusts and Estates. 72 (2): 207. February 1941.
6. "Encyclopedia of Biography of Illinois". Chicago, Illinois: Century Pub. And Engraving Co. 1892–1902: 112. OCLC 865964533.
7. The Bankers Magazine. Vol. XCI. New York: The Bankers Publishing Co. 1915. p. 884. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
8. "Weddings Of The Week". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. 1891-11-08.
9. "Retired Bank President Dies". The Los Angeles Times. Vol. 60. February 2, 1941. p. 3.